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January 18, 2024

Enrique Pérez Díaz has just earned the 2023 National Publishing Award.

Source: Granma

January 17, 2024

The Amada Música concert will celebrate the maestro's 50 years of artistic life and the 15th anniversary of the founding of his Joven Jazz Band Amada Música is the title of the concert that maestro Joaquín Betancourt Jackman, 2019 National Music Prize winner, will offer this Sunday the 21st, at 6:00 p.

Source: Granma

January 17, 2024

Like a family, the journalism guild in the province of Camagüey said farewell at the Casa de la Prensa in this city to Yurislenia Pardo Ortega, who passed away on Monday, January 15.

Source: Granma. Juventud Rebelde

January 16, 2024

The director of the National Ballet of Cuba, Viengsay Valdés, stood out in a special way at the gala "With and Without Tutus," held in Mexico as part of Mérida Fest 2024.

Source: Cubadebate

January 16, 2024

Cristina Saralegui reappears on social media after withdrawing from cameras due to rare illness.

Source: El Salvador.com

January 15, 2024

The presentation took place during one of the General Assembly sessions of SEAP, presented by its president, Doctor of Sciences Zoila Benítez de Mendoza, for her relevant services to the Homeland and to humanity.

Source: ACN

January 15, 2024

The thirteenth coronation of star Julio César La Cruz (CMG) enhanced the final of the 60th National Boxing Tournament Playa Girón, concluded on Sunday with a collective victory for this province after six intense days at a venue that shone as host.

Source: Radio Habana Cuba

January 14, 2024

A post on X reports that Dani Hernández (Remedios, Villa Clara, 1989) was presented Wednesday afternoon at the educational institution as its new director.

Source: Telecubanacán

January 14, 2024

The film, a comedy starring Cubans Alina Robert and Sian Chiong, will be exhibited next February during the Miami Ibero-American Film Festival The feature film debut of Cuban filmmaker Jazz Vilá, Farándula: La Película, will premiere at the Miami Ibero-American Film Festival (IAFFM) on February 7th.

Source: Cubanet

January 13, 2024

Zaida's contribution to Cuban art spans more than five decades.

Source: Cubahora, Granma

January 13, 2024

The 2023 National Music Prize was awarded this Friday to instrumentalist, composer, orchestrator, and orchestra conductor Roberto Sánchez Ferrer, who holds a meritorious position in the symphonic field in Cuba.

Source: Radio Enciclopedia

January 10, 2024

For his work in favor of safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Nation, Cuban ethnologist and writer Miguel Barnet Lanza, honorary president of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, Uneac, received this Tuesday the National Prize for Cultural Heritage for Life's Work.

Source: Radio Enciclopedia

January 10, 2024

Apparatus is the title of the new creation by the National Ballet of Cuba that will be presented to the public on January 28th, at the Avellaneda Hall of the National Theater, as part of the closing of the 39th edition of the International Jazz Plaza Festival 2024.

Source: Cubadebate

January 9, 2024

Cuban actress Katia Caso will return to the island to present the play "The Night That Never Existed," a co-production by the Cuban company Teatro Espacio and the Off Latina venue in Madrid, Spain.

Source: Cubanoticias 360

January 9, 2024

During recent days, fans of Caribbean Baseball have been closely following the health status of a legendary Cuban ballplayer from decades past.

Source: Swing Completo

January 8, 2024

The young woman, daughter of Jacqueline Arenal and Mijail Mulkay, competes in the category of "Favorite Web Series Lead Actress" for her performance in the Colombian series "Paraíso blanco" Cuban actress Camila Bordón is among the nominees for the Chip TV Awards 2023, an award of Colombian origin presented annually by Magazine Chip TV to honor the best in the world of entertainment from that country and internationally.

Source: Cubanet

January 8, 2024

Benny Moré is one of the greatest musical icons of Cuba and the statue that represents him, located in the city of Cienfuegos, is a tribute to this singer, composer, and orchestra director.

Source: Prensa Latina

January 7, 2024

"One Must Defend Life" is the title of the volume about Cuban heroine Haydée Santamaría that was presented at the Book Saturday space, on Calle de Madera, in the historic center of the capital.

Source: Prensa Latina

January 5, 2024

Renowned Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés announced that he will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the group Irakere with several concerts in U.

Source: Cubanoticias 360

January 5, 2024

Master Roberto Valera, National Prize for Music, is a simple man as true geniuses usually are.

Source: Cubasi

January 4, 2024

Legend of the Two Lovers, a Cuban 3D animation film based on songs by troubadour Silvio Rodríguez, is currently in production under the direction of the multi-award-winning filmmaker Ernesto Padrón, who also directed Meñique.

Source: Cubadebate

January 4, 2024

Cuban journalist Mario J Pentón announced today that he has decided to end his time as a reporter for América Tevé.

Source: Cubitanow

January 3, 2024

While the current ELO rating of the Cuban-born American chess player (2752) is not the highest of his career, his current position in the world ranking is indeed his best official position on this list, according to specialized media outlets.

Source: OnCubaNews

January 3, 2024

The Cuban Sports System and especially the athletics family mourn today the death, at 75 years of age, of the renowned triple jump coach Sigfredo Bandera, trainer of several Olympic and world medalists.

Source: Granma

January 2, 2024

Marcia Alejandra Garbey, the first Cuban female jumper to reach the Olympic Games finals, died this week at the age of 74.

Source: Cubitanow

January 2, 2024

Cuban-American comedian Marcello Hernández ended 2023 accompanied by the premiere of the music video "No me quiero casar," none other than alongside Bad Bunny.

Source: Cubanoticias 360

January 1, 2024

Former baseball player for the Santiago de Cuba Avispas in the National Series, Pedro Poll, was hospitalized at the end of this year due to a heart attack and is currently in the Intensive Care Unit of the Provincial Hospital "Saturnino Lora", according to official sources.

Source: ADN Cuba

January 1, 2024

The Cuban outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks in Major League Baseball (MLB), Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Source: ADN Cuba

December 31, 2023

Haila María Mompié and reggaeton artist Yomil performed yesterday in the program celebrating the 25th anniversary of the musical magazine 23 y M, directed and hosted by Edith Masola, their most recent collaboration titled Tía Tata cuenta cuentos.

Source: Cubitanow

December 31, 2023

The award honors his intellectual trajectory, in which he has promoted an extensive line of work on cultural relations between Cuba and the United States.

Source: OnCubaNews

December 30, 2023

Cuban musician Alfredito Rodríguez celebrates this December 56 years of artistic career.

Source: Cubitanow

December 30, 2023

Historian and essayist Newton Briones Montoto died in Havana, as a result of what appears to have been an assault while walking down Fifth Avenue, Miramar.

Source: Cubitanow, OnCubaNews

December 29, 2023

Cuban Yargeris Savigne officially received the bronze medal from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Source: Play Off Magazine

December 29, 2023

On the afternoon of Tuesday, December 26, at the Dulce María Loynaz Cultural Center, the jury in charge of awarding the National Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities 2023 announced that the award was conferred, unanimously, on the distinguished academic, Doctor of Historical Sciences Juan Jesús Guanche Pérez.

Source: Cubarte

December 28, 2023

Cuban-born Melissa Vargas, naturalized by Turkey, crowned an excellent 2023 in professional volleyball with the distinction of being the best player of the year, according to a specialized website.

Source: Play Off Magazine

December 28, 2023

In the early morning hours of December 27, 2023, Dr.

Source: Infomed

December 27, 2023

Barnet was one of the promoters of the international program the Slave Route, sponsored by Unesco, which has one of its most prominent expressions in the open museum, by initiative of the poet, in the Castle of San Severino, in Matanzas.

Source: Granma

December 27, 2023

The jury decided by majority to award the recognition to the author of Casas del Vedado for "the pioneering originality of her writing that has stood out for the cultivation of more than peculiar themes" The writer and journalist María Elena Llana Castro was the winner of the 2023 National Literature Prize, among 11 other nominated authors.

Source: Radio Caibarién

December 26, 2023

2023 has been a year of highs and lows for Livia Brito, the well-known actress originally from Ciego de Ávila, Cuba.

Source: MDZ

December 26, 2023

On the 103rd anniversary of Alicia Alonso's birth, the bibliographic and documentary exhibition Alicia Alonso en Nuestra América was inaugurated at the José Antonio Echeverría library at Casa de las Américas.

Source: Prensa Latina

December 24, 2023

Cuban comedian Luis Silva, who brings to life the character of Pánfilo in the popular television program Vivir del Cuento, celebrated two million followers on Facebook this Friday.

Source: Cubitanow

December 24, 2023

Naomi Ayé, a young musical talent of Cuban origin, has achieved a notable accomplishment by reaching the Eurovision 2024 final.

Source: Cubitanow

December 23, 2023

Cuban Miguel Ángel López has been recognized as the best volleyball player in the world by the distinguished statistical website Volleybox.

Source: CubaSi

December 23, 2023

In the early morning of December 18, 2023, Dr.

Source: Infomed, Ministerio de Salud Pública

December 22, 2023

The renowned Cuban actress and television host, Irela Bravo, surprised her followers by announcing with laughter and joking on the popular YouTube program "Derecho a Réplica," hosted by Ian Padrón, that she will take a long season in the United States.

Source: Chiva TV

December 22, 2023

After several days hospitalized, Jorge Garciaporrúa, musician, advisor, director, playwright, pedagogue and composer, died on December 19, 2023, at 8:30 p.

Source:

December 20, 2023

The acclaimed wrestler also leads the annual survey by the Prensa Latina news agency, which, through votes from media in the Latin America and Caribbean region, selects the best athlete for each calendar year.

Source: Granma

December 20, 2023

Bolero is in mourning, Rolando Montero, El Muso, passed away in the capital this Saturday, December 16, 2023.

Source: Radio Cadena Habana